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Anthony":15gebuv0 said:If it's a 1990, I think it would be called a Titanium, not a Hei Hei. KonaPaul said he was looking for a 1990 Titanium.
This is the bike that appeared in the 1990 brochure. It looks so much like a Merlin (even down to the U-brakes, which the other high-end 1990 Konas didn't have) that I suspect it's a Merlin with a Kona sticker. The first Hei Hei the following year was a Kona shape, quite different.
Carsten":hrjwazcx said:yeah, that IS a Merlin. if you zoom in you can still see the Merlin and the Titianium decals
Carsten
Carsten is referring to the 1990 catalogue picture that I posted in response to Jez's surmise. Coincidentally, there is a current thread on mtbr/Kona where another contributor confirms that the 1990 Kona Titanium bikes were in fact rebadged Merlins.Little Bob":jk2vv7az said:So is the geometry of this Hei Hei the same as a 1990/1 Merlin Mountain?Carsten":jk2vv7az said:yeah, that IS a Merlin. if you zoom in you can still see the Merlin and the Titianium decals
Carsten